SSCB #35 SUMMERS LAST HURRAH!

Welcome September and time for Serendipity's new challenge, Summers Last Hurrah! This could mean a vacation, back to school, your garden planting...tennis shoes! Almost anything goes as long as you use a Serendipity Stamp or Die. One design will be chosen for the SS Winners Badge and one design will be chosen randomly for a $20 Gift Certificate to be used at the Serendipity Store! If you are new to our challenges you can find all the details here on the SSCB!

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Good through September 10th

A big welcome to Bridget's Finlay who is our guest designer for September. 
bridgetspaperblessings.blogspot.com 

Here's some inspiration from the DT 
Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp 
Julie Warner
Karen Amidon...here!
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Bridget Finlay

There is always a twist for the DT! Along with the Summers Last Hurrah we are to add paper piecing! If you like, play along with us and add that too!

 How cute are these Tennis Shoes? I have this fun dp called, "Summer Lovin" that worked great for paper piecing. Here the Tennis Shoes have been stamped three times. First I stamped them onto white Neenah paper. I then stamped onto the pattern dp just the pair of shoes I wanted, masking off the other two. I repeated this step only this time I stamped the shoes onto the solid color papers.

After paper piecing them together I used a small hole punch to make the eyelets. I've laced up the shoes and tied the bows with a thin silk ribbon. With the left over short ribbons I used Copics to color them to match the papers. I've randomly tied the ribbons together and used them for a border across the bottom.

Here's the inside of my card.

Summertime ends, memories made, and we remember our Friends Forever!

I am also entering my card in Virginia's View Challenge #7

Thanks for looking and hope you are enjoying the last hurrah of the summer!

• Stamps: Serendipity- 221G Tennis Shoes, 255D Friends Forever
• Paper: Neenah, Carta Bella- Summer Lovin'
• Ink: Versafine
• Dies: Spellbinders- A2 Matting Basics, MFT- pierced Rectangle Stax
• Other: Copics, Perfect Mini Layers, hole punch, silk, foam tape

SSCB #21 Paper Piecing!

  Come and play along with us at Serendipity Stamps. The challenge is Paper Piecing so get out those scissors and start cutting! The rules are very simple, use at least one of Serendipity Stamps images or dies in your project, thats it! You don't have to have a blog to play! You can link your designs up to any online gallery. 

New to our challenges?...No worries! All the details can be found here on the  
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Have fun and check out the paper cuts from the girls!

Jeanne Jachna

Miriam Napier

Jenny Gropp

Vickie Zimmer

Julie Warner

Pauline Pollington

Marybeth Lopez

Karen Amidon-thats me!

HAPPY FALL YA'LL!

Isn't this Scarecrow Boy stamp just the cutest?! This little guy has so much detail. Can you believe that there is no pattern paper used except for the diamond print background! That's right, it's all stamped on solid colored paper and paper pieced! Just like paper dolls!

 The Scarecrow Boy was stamped onto white paper for the base. I colored the sun, pumpkins, leaves, and straw with my Copics. Each item of his clothing was then stamped onto the colored cardstock and fussy cut. Using a ball styIus I rounded his belly, knees, gloves, and hat to give him some dimension. His face was stamped onto canvas and a Copic marker was used to rosy up his cheeks. I took a fine tip pen and went over the features on his face.

 I used raffia and let it hang out of his clothing to give the appearance that he was stuffed with straw. Black twine was added to tie up his shirt and pant legs. The buttons are made from a small hole punch. His broomstick is a toothpick! Burlap, ribbon and buttons, "oh my", were used to finish the card!

Die cut swatches that were faux stitched adorn the inside edges. The Festive Fall Stamp is a favorite and was used for my sentiment on the inside of my card.

Finished card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 

Looking forward to seeing all your great ideas.
Happy Cutting and thanks for playing along!

• Stamps: Serendipity Stamps- 799H Scarecrow Boy, 1225D Festive Fall
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black
• Paper: Neenah Solar White, Bo Bunny Mama-razzi Collection, Bazzill Candy Corn, Peanut Cluster, Candy Bar, Gold Coins, Kachins
• Other: Copics, Spellbinders Square Swatches, reverse Wonky Rectangles, Perfect Layer Rulers, Signo Pen, Pigma Micron Pen, Memento Dual Marker, hole punch, ball stylus, toothpick, twine, ribbon, raffia, canvas, burlap, foam tape, Score tape, toothpicks